Completely Remove Puper Malware From Your Computer...continued

One of the next step involves editing the registry. The registry is very important to your computer, and if a mistake is made in this step, it can cause serious problems. For this reason we recommend that before you complete it, you back up your registry, and that you be very careful with the changes.

Now that you have the tools for the repair prepared, you will need to reboot your computer into Safe Mode. You will need to restart your PC to do this, and will be unable to access the internet while in safe mode, so be sure to print out the remainder of this tutorial, or copy it to notepad, as well as the help article on how to reboot your computer into safe mode, so that you can reverse the process.

Now you will use the tool you downloaded to your desktop. Locate the smitrem folder on your desktop and double click on it to open it. Locate a file in the folder named "runthis.bat" and double click on it to launch it. Click "Yes" on any security warnings that pop up. Follow the on-screen directions to move through the smitrem tool.

Once it has completed, the tool will exit and an automatic disk cleanup will be launched. This cleanup can take anywhere from minutes to hours to run, so be patient and do not interrupt it.

Next, run Adaware. As a part of the installation process, an icon should have been placed on your desktop or in your start menu. Use one of these to open the program, and run it's scan. This scan may also take some time. It is important that you do not run these programs at the same time, as they may interfere with each other.

If you find any matches, highlight the task by right clicking on it, and then selecting "End Process Tree." End any and all matches you find, because there could be more than one. As you end the processes, be sure to click "Yes" to any warning boxes that pop up.

The next step involves editing the registry. The registry is very important to your computer, and if a mistake is made in this step, it can cause serious problems. For this reason we recommend that before you complete it, you back up your registry, and be very careful with the changes.